Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-11-04
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC.

The 40ih anniversary of the death OF
Mendelssohn will be celebrated at Smith
College, Northampton, November and
4, by performances from the composers
works, addresses by President Seelye and
Professor Blodgett, and poem by Rev.
NJ. w Stryker, which Mr. G. w. Gable will
read. The musical performances will be
by Mr.. f.. Hubbard, baritone, Professor
Blodgett, pianist the Beethoven Club. the
Apollo club of Northampton, the college
choir of an orchestra.
ALLEN Quatermain," a spectacle found
ed on Rider Haggard's latest romance,
will be produced at tho Orpheum, San
Francisco, with music composed by Mr..
Donys Raymunds, aud Miss Helen Ding
con Us the queen of the sun worshippers.
BaoRNm's show has gone into winter
quad RS at BRIDGEPORT, Conn 1t was on
the road 1872 days, and ISL performances
have been given. The number Of miles
travelled was lc,5Oo, and the receipts were
Fl, 100000.
Miss Ella Russell has lett Paris tor War
saw, where she will sing in LA Trav-
iata" and LA Sonnambula, She viii
then 90 to Moscow, and will return ia the
spring to London.
Mr.. Wilson barrett is to return to melo-
drama and Tor the present remain out OF
the classic and tragic field, a decision
which will probably place HIM again on
the road to wealth.
Mile. Ella Russell, the American priua
donna, has just left Paris for Warsaw,
where she will sing in LA Traviata' and
La Sonnambula". She will afterwards
20 to Moscow, and will return next spring
to sing in London, at Covent Garden.
Miss Nette Carpenter, the vlolinist en-
gagged by Manager Abbey for the Gerster
concerts, has been abroad studying for
eighs years, and returns after the tour OF
fhp SapSnn to hpOID n three Vpar-' PDnPnrf
contract with Herr Woolf ot Berlin She
took the first pHize 1T the Paris conserva-
toire in 1881.
Spuller, Gounod, Jules Barber, Ana
broise Thomas, Garrison, Nuilter Jules
omte, Ritt and Gailhard are on the or
ganlZinG committee fort centennial rep
resentatiou of M0Zarts Don juan at
the Grand Opera, Paris. Nine. NiardGt
has promised TO lend the autograph score
of the composers masterpiece
Miss Mary Anderson has abandoned
her trip to Australia. Her Lyceum en-
gagement continues till april. After
ward she makes provincial tour, and "a
six weeks trip through Germany is spoken
of. Under engagement to Mr.. Abbey,
she will 90 to New York in October, and
possibly TO the antipodes IN 1889
Sig. Campanini announces that he will
give VeTdi's "OtellO" in New York for
the first time in this country on April .,
1850 ut StShSl1 tli SOoAdntS W III bN
exactly like those used in the origina
production at La Scala. Sig. Galassl will
be Iago, and Desdemona will be repre-
scented by Signora Tettrazzini, the new
prima donna of the Opera House in Mad
rid. She sang the "Huguenots" very sue
cessfully, aud is about 10 represent Desde--
mona in that city. She is the wife of
Cleqfonte Campanini, who Will be the
lea6es of his brothers orchestra. The
operate season in New York will last
fonr weeks Campauini will also give
la Giaconda, by Ponchinelli, and THE
iuguenOta."
Among the most interesting revivals for
the forthcoming London musical season
win he that by the Bach choir on March
of Purcell's dido and AIneas.h The
work yas issued in 1917 to a libretto by
Tate, sad in 1910 it was published by the
Musical Antiquarian Society. 1t was then
performed in semiprivacy in London.
The version to be used by the Bach socie
ty will, however, be that prepared and
edited by Mr.. w. II. Cummings for the
Purcell society.